Overdue federal data reveals the first reduction in homelessness since 2016.
This was due to federal investments in evidence-based methods. Why would the administration try to dismantle the programs that made progress possible?
Read the press release: https://t.co/Vzxyhagvyu
BREAKING: HUD has issued the FY 2026 Continuum of Care Competition and Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program Grants Notice of Funding Opportunity.
Our team is currently reviewing the Notice, and we look forward to sharing insights in the coming days.
An estimated 154 million Americans live in a Mental Health Professionals Shortage Area, and the gaps are even greater for people experiencing homelessness.
This #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth, the answer isn’t mandates. It’s access. https://t.co/M3NWK1X44A
CALIFORNIAN ADVOCATES: California needs $1 billion for HHAP to keep housing programs, shelter beds, and local homelessness response efforts running. Urge state leaders to fight for this funding in the final budget.
Take Action with @BCHCoalition: https://t.co/6XF07ah1Q5
When gender-expansive people experience homelessness, they face high levels violence & discrimination in shelters.
Despite this, the administration threatened the Equal Access Rule, which provides protections in shelters for LGBTQ+ people.
Read more: https://t.co/aThIWY0iUI
HUD Sec. Turner recently attempted to tear down Housing First to the Senate.
Instead, he accidentally praised the most successful example of Housing First: the HUD-VA homelessness programs.
Housing First works. Dismantling it will only make homelessness worse.
On its third attempt tonight, Marblehead Town Meeting approved an “MBTA Communities–compliant” district largely centered on the 125-year-old Tedesco Country Club, meeting 3A requirements on paper while all but assuring no new housing would be built.
This comment says it all.
"Homelessness is not only a housing issue; it is a public health crisis."
Saumya Sao brings healthcare to people experiencing homelessness through the @StanfordMed Outreach Program. Learn how street medicine impacted their understanding of medicine: https://t.co/2R2HOMC6Gr
Permanent Supportive Housing is evidence-proved and expert-backed.
Weakening one of the strongest tools we have against homelessness would be a costly mistake, yet the Trump administration tries to gut these programs.
Read more from @CityAndStateNY: https://t.co/hn5pZ4XBmo
"The work to end homelessness is not partisan, and never should be interfered with for political means.”
The Alliance successfully halted new HUD rules that blocked critical funding for homelessness programs. Litigation is still ongoing, read more:
https://t.co/ms6CHNR29N
People who lack legal immigration status may be evicted from their families' homes, if a new HUD rule takes effect. This could impact up to 80,000 people, including 37,000 children who are citizens. Former HUD secretary warns of the impact in @USATODAY: https://t.co/zAL0jyNjSd
5/5) The Alliance extends its deep gratitude to @DemocracyFwd , @homeless_law, Lawyers’ Committee for Rhode Island, and @RIACLU for its legal representation in this case.
4/5) "Today’s news reinforces a fundamental truth: that the work to end homelessness is not partisan, and never should be interfered with for political means." - Ann Oliva, CEO of the Alliance
3/5) In a separate case on Wednesday, the court made another pivotal move. The Administration had tried to overturn a court-ordered pause on its meddling in the federal government’s largest homelessness grants program, but the judge ruled against them.
2/5) On Tuesday, a judge ruled that HUD illegally required service providers and programs to comply with Trump Administration policies that had nothing to do with homelessness, including immigration enforcement, transgender rights, and more, to receive funding.
Up to 170,000 formerly homeless people, including veterans, could be forced back onto the streets with a new HUD policy that guts permanent supportive housing programs.
These programs work; removing them threatens veterans. Read more from @CNN: https://t.co/nM2mox5hFk
A California pilot shelter is outperforming the state average on reducing homelessness. Its edge?
They let pets in. Read more from @wmnf: https://t.co/vHBeIIiQtI
Criminalizing homelessness in IN could cost $4,900 per citation, totaling over $1M/yr to fine and jail 300 people, with no added housing or services.
Criminalization never works, and we need to listen to the experts. Read more from @WFIUWTIUNews: https://t.co/qt4s8fTYqL